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{{Quote|"It's not good to go all out, Minerva."<ref>''BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/10th/characters/celica/ Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>}}
{{Quote|"It's not good to go all out, Minerva."<ref name="BB 10th Celica"/>}}
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'''Celica Ayatsuki Mercury''' (セリカ=A=マーキュリー), sometimes known as the '''Sister''', was the younger sister of [[Nine the Phantom]]. She was an excellent user of [[Sorcery|sorcery]] and [[Magic|magic]], being one of the few people in existence capable of exceptional healing sorcery. After surviving the [[Dark War]], Celica became a nun and looked after [[Ragna the Bloodedge]], [[Jin Kisaragi]], and [[Saya]] before she was brutally murdered by [[Yuuki Terumi]]. [[Kokonoe]] materialized a copy of her soul from when she was a young woman.
'''Celica Ayatsuki Mercury''' (セリカ=A=マーキュリー), sometimes known as the '''Sister''', was the younger sister of [[Nine the Phantom]]. She was an excellent user of [[Sorcery|sorcery]], being one of the few people in existence capable of exceptional healing sorcery. After surviving the [[Dark War]], Celica became a nun and looked after [[Ragna the Bloodedge]], [[Jin Kisaragi]], and [[Saya]] before she was eventually slain by [[Yuuki Terumi]]. [[Kokonoe]] later materialized a copy of her soul from when she was a young woman.


Celica wielded at different times the [[Nox Nyctores]] - [[Deus Machina: Nirvana]] and the [[Ex Machina: Minerva]]. She made her debut in ''[[BlazBlue: Phase 0]]'' before appearing in ''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma]]''. Celica was made playable in ''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend]]'' and, as '''Little Sister''', is one of the main protagonists of ''[[XBlaze Lost: Memories]]''.
Celica wielded at different times the [[Nox Nyctores]] - [[Deus Machina: Nirvana]] and the [[Ex Machina: Minerva]]. She made her debut in ''[[BlazBlue: Phase 0]]'' before appearing in ''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma]]''. Celica was made playable in ''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend]]'' and, as '''Little Sister''', is one of the main protagonists of ''[[XBlaze Lost: Memories]]''. She was revealed for ''[[BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War]]'' on the 10th of June, 2021.


==Appearance==
==Appearance==
[[File:BlazBlue Celica A Mercury Model Sheet 02.png|150px|left|thumb|Celica's usual attire.]]
Celica is a young woman with medium-length brown hair she wears in a ponytail and red eyes. She wears a standard Mage's Guild uniform of a white shirt and black cape with gold trim, a red ribbon around her neck, a black and gold skirt, and brown steel-toed shoes.


==Personality==
Celica has an unusually long lifespan due a passive effect from her healing sorcery, and only looks slightly older almost a century later as the Sister. During the time she watched over the remains of the Black Beast, she dressed like a typical nun of the Roman Catholic Church.


{{Quote|A young lady with a positive personality, who is kind to everyone. Her directional sense is beyond abysmal, and often it takes her several hours to reach a destination a few hundred meters away. She supresses seither by nature, and holds the "Power of Order" within herself.<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/character/celica.php Celica A. Mercury]''</ref><ref>''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), [http://blazblueuniverse.com/celica Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>}}
As a child, Celica had shorter hair and wore a short pink and white dress with long sleeves and an orange bow around her neck.


==Biography==
==Personality==


===Dark War===
{{Quote|A young lady with a positive personality, who is kind to everyone. Her directional sense is beyond abysmal, and often it takes her several hours to reach a destination a few hundred meters away. She supresses seithr by nature, and holds the "Power of Order" within herself.<ref name="bbcf-celica-personality-jp"/><ref name="bbcpex-celica"/>}}
====Phase 0, Phase Shift 1, Phase Shift 2, Phase Shift 3, Phase Shift 4====
[[File:BlazBlue_Phase_Shift_1_Novel_Illustration_05.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Celebration]]
Celica grew up and enrolled into the [[Mage's Guild]] on Ishana, becoming a student with average grades. In 2100, the [[Black Beast]] arose from Japan and the [[Dark War]] begun. Shuichiro was blamed for its appearance and he disappeared, presumed dead. Celica and Konoe grew much closer, but her sister's relationship with their father did not mend, leading to the sister bickering over the subject countless times. She became good friends with [[Trinity Glassfille]], Konoe's best friend.


Konoe was chosen to become one of the [[Ten Sages]] - Nine. After the [[Canonization Ceremony]], Celica and Trinity found the newly appointed Nine exiting the Ishanan Cathedral. Although Celica was disheartened that her sister had now changed her name, she was pulled into a giant embrace by Nine and told that no matter what, they would always be sisters, and that they would always love each other. Celica decided that they could celebrate by getting lunch together at the cafeteria.
Sincerely kind to everyone who comes into her path, Celica struggles to find faults in anyone and does her best to appreciate the goodness in individuals. This outwardly trusting attitude has made others adorn her, but there have been times where Celica has landed herself in trouble because of her inability to sense the evil in others.


At the cafe, the girls met [[Kazuma Kval]], and Celica took an immediate shining to him, begging him to allow the group to sit with him. He allowed it, and Celica's happiness shone through the cold remarks that Nine was constantly dropping to the boy. As she ate spaghetti bolognese, Celica listened to Kazuma talk about classes. Before she could finish her food, Nine dragged her away and told her to stay away from him; Celica retorted and they bickered until a nearby television burst to life and ran the news that a Japanese survivor has been found. The sister's stopped in their tracks, but Kazuma fell ill - Celica attempted to help him, but her hand was smacked away and the boy ran to the infirmary.<ref>''BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Chapter 1 - Island of Green Wisdom''</ref>
Family matters a great deal to Celica, and she loves both Nine and Shuichiro with all of her heart. Nine can be overly protective of Celica, leading to the latter developing a slight rebellious streak in order carry out her own will and defy Nine's orders. The two have had conflict in the past, particularly over Ragna and Shuichiro, but Celica will always sing her sister's praises. Celica's relationship with Shuichiro is more complicated - although she loves her father dearly, he does not reciprocate the feelings, having developed the [[Kushinada's Lynchpin]] which needed Celica's [[soul]] to activate. The one person who means the most to Celica, however, is Ragna. It is strongly implied that she harbors romantic feelings towards him and would do anything for his sake. This has lead to an interesting dynamic between the two.


Nine soon felt an unusual presence in downtown Ishana, so the trio of girls went to investigate. They found Kazuma in an alleyway next to a destroyed cobble road. She saw the boy was injured and offered to use her healing sorcery to recover his wounds but was rejected. Instead, the girls walked him back to his dormitory.<ref>''BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Chapter 2 - Cat of Crimson Sunset''</ref>
Celica has a terrible sense of direction. To reach a destination by herself that only lays a few hundred meters away will take her hours; this trait is shared with her sister, Nine. It has been noted multiple times that Celica also holds maps upside-down. In her free time, Celica enjoys going for strolls, but given her sense of direction, these can take hours.


[[File:BlazBlue_Phase_Shift_1_Novel_Illustration_10.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Manipulation]]
==Powers & Techniques==
Together with Trinity, Kazuma, and Nine, Celica enjoyed a caramel cake and lemon tea in a cafe. She told the boy about her sister's incredible sweet tooth, telling him that her sickly sweet coffee is something she needs to relax her mind. She was then interrogated by her sister over her failing grades in lightning magic, but boasted of her ability to levitate for long distances. When Kazuma brought up Shuichiro, Celica and Nine began to have another one of their fights over the man, and both knocked tea over Trinity, causing her to greatly scold the two of them for their behaviour. Kazuma then ran away.<ref>''BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Chapter 4 - Doubt of Yellow Equilibrium''</ref>
As a former student of the [[Mage's Guild]], Celica is versed in the application of sorcery, [[magic]], and [[alchemy]]; although she did not tend to study during her tenure, Celica has an unparalleled natural ability in healing sorcery that outclasses nearly every other mage. This ability allows Celica to heal other's wounds - the worst it has been seen healing is broken limbs.<ref>''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Story Mode, Chrono Phantasma, Episode 13: Mad Dog''</ref> Other than her ability in healing, Celica has some knowledge in the application of combat-based sorcery, such as lightning generation, but she has claimed that the sound produced scares her too much for her to frequently use it.<Ref>'' BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Chapter 4 - Doubt of Yellow Equilibrium''</ref> The only other kind of sorcery that Celica seems to excel at is the ability to levitate, and was able to do so across the Atlantic Ocean.
 
[[File:BlazBlue_Phase_Shift_1_Novel_Illustration_13.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ragna]]
Celica was called out by Kazuma to the edge of Ishana. He dripped poison into her ear about Shuichiro possibly surviving in Japan, using the other survivor had been found recently as part of the persuasion. She learned that the survivor did not think he had been stuck within Japan for six years, but rather two because of a time distortion near a [[cauldron]]. Although hesitant, Celica learned that civilians could visit Japan, and it was not just a militarized zone. Excited, Celica also learned that there was a small hole in Ishana's barrier that she could escape through.
 
The young mage ran home and quickly wrote a letter addressed to Nine, Trinity, and Kazuma that told them that she would be going to find Shuichiro, but would return. She then excited through the barrier and used levitation magic to take her to a port that could ship to Japan.<ref>''BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Chapter 5 - Night of Black Betrayal''</ref> When she arrived, she stayed at a local hotel before making her way to the harbor. As she climbed a mountain to get to the port, Celica got lost, but she found a young man with a bright red jacket slumped against a tree. She immediately began to tend to him.<ref>''BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Epilogue''</ref>
===Chrono Phantasma===
 
{{Quote|A mage who lived during the Dark War, and the little sister of the Six Heroes' Great Mage "Nine." By nature, she excelled at restorative magic and innately had an unconscious ability to surpress seithr, so Kokonoe summoned her into the present era as a "Chrono Phantasma." Equipped with an Idea Engine created by that same Kokonoe, the automaton Minerva waits together with Celica for a reunion with Ragna, who challenges his new trial with resolve.<ref>''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cp/chara_celica.html Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>}}
 
===Central Fiction===
 
{{Quote|A mage who lived during the Dark War, and the little sister of the Six Heroes' Great Mage "Nine." By nature, she excelled at restorative magic and innately had an unconscious ability to surpress seithr, so Kokonoe summoned her into the present era as a "Chrono Phantasma." Awakening in the unfamiliar city of "Kagutsuchi," she wanders with Minerva at her side and searches for one important to her, Ragna.<ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/story/ Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>}}
 
Jin was seriously injured from his fight against Ragna, and Celica tended to his wounds, staying close to his side. She did her best, but left to report to Kokonoe afterwards, bumping into Tsubaki and suggesting that she visit Jin to cheer him up. She was soon taken inside the Embryo with Minerva. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 001, Chapter 002 – 003''</ref>


She found herself in [[Orient Town]] in the [[13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi]] with Minerva. She came across a wanted poster of Ragna, and chirped to Minerva that they would find him and Kokonoe in the city. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Episode 002, Chapter 010, Sub Scenario 2''</ref> Through Celica’s direction, they ended up in [[Bascule]] where they met [[Naoto Kurogane]], he asked them for directions and described [[Raquel Alucard]] to them, although the young mage thought he was describing Rachel. They decided to travel together throughout the city. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 004, Chapter 026''</ref> She, Naoto, and Minerva were teleported to Ikaruga and heard Nine’s voice telling her to kill Izanami to claim her piece of the Azure. Worried for her sister, she immediately went to try and find her. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 005, Chapter 038''</ref>
Celica was born with the unique power to nullify the [[seithr]] around her. This power is because she is a product of [[Order]], and was born to oppose seithr's power. The only disadvantage that Celica has with this ability is that she cannot use magic nor [[Ars Magus]] since both require seithr to activate, and in modern society, she would unintentionally cause massive disruptions in the everyday use of Ars Magus. However, Celica's ability means that she can turn off a [[cauldron]] with her mere presence or make someone such as [[Hazama]] sick just by standing near him.  


Finally arriving at Yabiko, Celica explained to Naoto about Nine and the Dark War. She asked more about who Naoto was looking for, and began to realise that they may not be looking for the same person, and her own careless nature made her lose him in the crowds. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 051''</ref> It took her a while to notice she had lost him, but she was soon enough distracted by finding Carl and Nirvana, the former with distorted memories. Because of said memories, Celica accidentally offended the young boy, and he ordered Nirvana to attack, but she relented as she, like Celica, knew the truth. Although upset that she had offended Carl once he left, she went on to try and find Naoto with Minerva reassuring her that she said nothing wrong. <ref>''BlazBlue: Story Mode, Episode 007, Chapter 054''</ref>
In gameplay, Celica's [[Drive]] is '''{{h|Minerva}}''', which has Celica use Minerva in battle. Celica's Drive allows for three hits to be done in any combination that will combo into each other will little effort. At the end of this short combo, she can finish with a special move. In ''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction|Central Fiction]]'', Celica will build a blue health bar on top of her current health whenever she lands a Drive combo, and can opt to "heal", making that blue health into health proper instead of using a special move.  


[[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 49.png|thumb|left|She finally found him]]In Kazamotsu, Celica found Ragna. Reunited, they travelled together to Yabiko to find Kagura, Noel, and Kokonoe. The young mage told him of her dream for everyone to be happy and they eventually found Yabiko together. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 064''</ref> Celica went ahead to assess the situation of the people’s distorted memories of Ragna, only managing to get inside the branch because of Minerva’s directions. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 065''</ref> Hibiki found her, and they went together to Kagura’s office <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 065''</ref> – Kokonoe explained to her that she unable to find Celica because of the teleporter malfunctioning due to the mismatched coordinates of the Embryo. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 067''</ref> She was upset with her niece’s decision to send Tager to capture Ragna. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 009, Chapter 069''</ref> She reunited with Ragna once he was brought back to the branch, and listened to Kokonoe’s explanation of the existence of the [[Corpus Sepulcro: Requiem]], also learning that Nine’s transformed her father’s workshop into her own. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 078''</ref>
As a current [[Chrono Phantasma (Those Who Should Not Exist)|Chrono Phantasma]], Celica's abilities are much weaker than they used to be. Her healing is weaker and the radius around herself that nullifies seithr is much smaller. She is destined to die because of the nature of the Chrono Phantasma; the only upside to this status is that she cannot be the target of [[Observer|Observation]], and nor can those around her - she is effectively immune to the power of the [[Amaterasu Unit]], but the environment around her, however, is not. Instead of wielding a [[Nox Nyctores]] like Nirvana, she now wields Minerva, who acts as both a limiter and amplifier for Celica's seithr nullification power. The two work well together and their complimenting relationship is clearly seen in battle. Despite Celica being a physically frail teenage girl, Minerva functions as a wall between Celica and the opponent, stopping others from being able to harm her mistress.


She was later part of the strike squadron sent to Nine’s workshop. Celica watched as her sister beat Jubei throwing him at her and the others. She listened to her explanation of the world, the [[Prime Field War]], and why she had created Requiem. Celica held Jubei as Ragna fought Nine, and rushed to her sister’s side when she was defeated. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 081''</ref> Izanami arrived, and began assaulting the group and Celica watched as her sister used the [[Radiance of Extinguishment]] to activate Requiem and bind Izanami – she watched as her only sister died saving her, and was teleported out of the workshop using her sorcery to force Rachel into using hers, greatly reducing the time she had left in the world. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 082''</ref>
==Relatives==
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{{chart| | | | | | | | | | DAD |y| MOM | | | MA |MOM='''[[Mother]]''' †|DAD='''[[Shuichiro Ayatsuki]]''' †|MA='''[[Marceline F. Mercury]]'''<br><small>Unknown relation</small>|}}
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{{chart| TO| | JU | y | NI  | | | | CE | | |TO='''[[Tomonori]]''' †|JU='''[[Jubei]]'''|NI='''[[Nine the Phantom]]''' †|CE='''{{h|Celica A. Mercury}}''' †}}
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{{chart| | | | | |!| KO | | RG | | JN || SY |KO='''[[Kokonoe]]'''| RG='''[[Ragna the Bloodedge]]'''<br><small>(Fostered)</small>|JN='''[[Jin Kisaragi]]'''<br><small>(Fostered, later adopted by the [[Kisaragi|Kisaragis]]. Becomes [[Hakumen]] in different timeline)</small>|SY='''[[Saya]]'''<br><small>(Fostered, merged with Noel, [[Izanami]], and Mu. Identifies as Noel)</small>|}}
{{chart| | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.|}}
{{chart| | | | |KA | | | | | | | | LM || NO || NU ||KA='''[[Kaka|Kaka Clan]]'''<br><small>Created from Jubei's genes</small>|NO='''[[Noel Vermillion]]/[[Mu-12]]'''<br><small>(Clone of Saya, adopted by [[Edgar and Claire Vermillion]]. Merged with Saya and Izanami)</small>|LM='''[[Lambda-11]]'''<br><small>(Clone of Saya)</small>|NU='''[[Nu-13]]'''<br><small>(Clone of Saya)</small> }}
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{{chart| SUK || TTK || CHK || TRK || TAK || KKA |SUK='''[[Suzukaka]]''' †|TTK='''[[Totokaka]]'''|CHK='''[[Chachakaka]]'''|TRK='''[[Torakaka]]'''|TAK='''[[Taokaka]]'''|KKA='''[[Kaka Kittens]]'''<br><small>Cali-Kaka, Feisty-Kaka, Fluffy-Kaka, Spotty-Kaka</small>}}
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[[File:BlazBlue Central Fiction Story Mode 66(B).png|thumb|right|Celica’s time runs out]]They arrived at the [[Celica A. Mercury’s Church|church]], although Celica was unconscious. Minerva carried her inside to a bed. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 083''</ref> She awoke the following morning and made everyone breakfast and tea despite feeling generally odd. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 085''</ref> Celica gave her permission for Minerva to takedown Requiem even if it meant her dying. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 086''</ref> She watched the stars with Ragna later the night, and talked about Nine and her sacrifice. The following morning, Celica began to pass on, telling Ragna, Noel, and Jin that she was proud of them all before she finally died. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Story Mode, Episode 010, Chapter 087''</ref>
==Official Profiles==
===''[[BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma]]'' Official Site Profile===
''A mage who lived during the Dark War, and the little sister of the Six Heroes' Great Mage "Nine." By nature, she excelled at restorative sorcery and innately had an unconscious ability to surpress seithr, so Kokonoe summoned her into the present era as a "Chrono Phantasma." Equipped with an Idea Engine created by that same Kokonoe, the automaton Minerva waits together with Celica for a reunion with Ragna, who challenges his new trial with resolve.<ref name="bbcp-celica-jp"/>''


==Powers & Techniques==
===''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction]]'' Official Site Profile===
;Story
''A mage who lived during the Dark War, and the little sister of the Six Heroes' Great Mage "Nine." By nature, she excelled at restorative sorcery and innately had an unconscious ability to surpress seithr, so Kokonoe summoned her into the present era as a "Chrono Phantasma." Awakening in the unfamiliar city of "Kagutsuchi," she wanders with Minerva at her side and searches for one important to her, Ragna.<ref name="bbcf-celica-story-jp"/>
;Personality
''A young lady with a positive personality, who is kind to everyone. Her directional sense is beyond abysmal, and often it takes her several hours to reach a destination a few hundred meters away. She supresses seithr by nature, and holds the "Power of Order" within herself.<ref name="bbcf-celica-personality-jp"/><ref name="bbcpex-celica"/>''


==Library Entry==
===''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction]]'' Library Entry===
===Sister===
;Sister
''The person who raised Ragna, Jin and Saya. A gentle yet strict woman.''
''The person who raised Ragna, Jin and Saya. A gentle yet strict woman.''


''She's one of the few pure sorcerers who is able to use magic without relying on seithr. She was tasked with protecting the area in which the Black Beast's fragments lay. However, Terumi murders her in cold blood, deciding she would interfere with his plans.'' <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #054''</ref>
''She's one of the few pure sorcerers who is able to use magic without relying on seithr. She was tasked with protecting the area in which the Black Beast's fragments lay. However, Terumi murders her in cold blood, deciding she would interfere with his plans.'' <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #054''</ref>


===Celica A. Mercury===
;Celica A. Mercury
''Someone who doesn't belong in this timeline, a Chrono Phantasma.''
''Someone who doesn't belong in this timeline, a Chrono Phantasma.''


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''Her sense of direction is hopelessly awful, but for some reason she is not aware of this fact.'' <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #057''</ref>
''Her sense of direction is hopelessly awful, but for some reason she is not aware of this fact.'' <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #057''</ref>
===[[BlazBlue 10th Anniversary]] Official Site Profile===
; (Little) Sister
''The younger sister of the genius Mage Me. She wants to help her beloved sister who is always looking after her, so she goes off and does all sorts of things on her own, and in the end usually causes her sister trouble.''<ref name="BB 10th Little Sister"/>
; Celica A. Mercury
''A young woman kind to all, usually optimistic, with a positive personality. From birth, the "Power of Order" that suppresses "seithr" has been housed in her body.''<ref name="BB 10th Celica"/>
===''[[BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle]]'' Official Site Profile===
''Kind to all; an optimistic and positive young woman. Her sense of direction is less than nonexistent, to the point where, more than once, it's taken her several hours to get to a destination only a few hundred meters away.... She naturally houses within her the "Power of Order," which supresses seithr.''
''When together with her partner Minerva, the two are powerful without parallel. Start with Celica's healing magic, Armure Sorbet, and her specialty in healing to thoroughly support Minerva and her teammates!''<ref name="BBTAG Celica"/>
==Appearances in other Media==
==Appearances in other Media==
* The mobile game ''Mabinogi Duel'' stars Celica as a playable card.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the [[Polls/BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Popularity Poll|BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll]], Celica placed 7th out of the 84 candidates. She scored one place above [[Noel Vermillion]] and one place below [[Mai Natsume]]. She had 3,124 votes.
**As Little Sister, Celica placed 73rd, sharing the position with [[Tomonori]]. She scored one place above [[Haruka Hayami]], [[Kiiro Hikagami]], and [[Spinner Superior]], beating them with one vote, and one place below [[Akira Kamewari]]. She had 11 votes.
*Most of Celica's movelist has a naming theme around food and medieval weaponry; an example is "''Lance Quiche''".
*Despite being able to use sorcery, such as floating and lightning, she never does in gameplay.
*Celica has an extremely bad sense of direction. She can easily get lost wherever she goes.
**One of her intros has her holding a map upside-down to reflect this.
*As Celica got older, her ability to use healing sorcery dwindled. By the time she was looking after Ragna, [[Jin Kisaragi]], and [[Saya]], she could not heal at all.
**However, her sorcery slowed her ageing, giving her a more youthful appearance than someone who is nearly a centurion.
*Terumi murdered the original Celica on the 1st of March, 2192.
*In her win-quote against [[Es]], Celica finds her familiar but cannot remember where she has seen her, seemingly having forgotten Es after the events in ''[[XBlaze Lost: Memories]]''.
*Celica has the Sector Seven VS theme despite not being a member of the organization.
*Like [[Rachel Alucard]], Celica does not get hit during battle, instead Minerva takes the brunt of the attacks.
*Celica is illustrated in the following [[Grimoires (BBDW)|Grimoire]] for ''[[BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War]]'':
**[[Gameplay:ティーパーティ BBDW Grimoire|ティーパーティ (''Tea Party'')]].
**[[Gameplay:癒しの光 BBDW Grimoire|癒しの光 (''Healing Light'')]].
**[[Gameplay:方向音痴 BBDW Grimoire|方向音痴 (''Directionally Challenged'')]].
**[[Gameplay:一人でできるもん ! BBDW Grimoire|一人でできるもん ! (''I can do it alone!'')]].


==References==
==References==
 
<references>
{{#tag:references}}
<ref name="BBTAG-JP-AC">''BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzjzSNrGqxo Version 2.0 Character Introduction trailer (9/21/2019)]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcp-celica-jp">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cp/chara_celica.html Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcf-celica-personality-jp">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/character/celica.php Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcf-celica-story-jp">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/story/ Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcpex-celica">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), [http://blazblueuniverse.com/celica Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>
<ref name="BB 10th Little Sister">''BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/10th/characters/sister/ Sister]''</ref>
<ref name="BB 10th Celica">''BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/10th/characters/celica/ Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>
<ref name="BBTAG Celica">''BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Official Site (JP), [https://www.blazblue.jp/tag/character/bb18.php Celica A. Mercury]''</ref>
</references>


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Revision as of 18:35, 10 June 2021

"It's not good to go all out, Minerva."[1]
セリカ=A=マーキュリー
Celica A. Mercury
Name

Celica

Birthday

September 8

Species

Human (original)
Chrono Phantasma (current)

Voice Actors

NOMIZU Iori (Japanese)
Carrie Savage (English)

Blood Type

A

Height

160cm

Weight

51kg

Hair Color

Brown

Eye Color

Brown

Drive

Minerva

Birthplace

Ishana
7th Hierarchical City of Kazamotsu (rebirth)

Likes

Family (XBlaze)
Sister, family (BlazBlue)

Dislikes

Standing still (XBlaze)
Nothing (BlazBlue)

Hobbies

Strolls

Affiliation

Mage's Guild

Character Titles

Sister (シスター),
"Little Sister" ("いもうと")
Chronophantasma[2]

Character Themes

Crystal Forest
Sector7
Reincarnation
END GAZER

Appearances
Games

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (non-playable)
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (playable)
BlazBlue: Central Fiction (playable)
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (playable)
XBlaze Lost: Memories
BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War

Novels

BlazBlue: Phase 0
BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1
BlazBlue: Phase Shift 2
BlazBlue: Phase Shift 3
BlazBlue: Phase Shift 4
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - Part 1

Short Stories

Evergreen Eyes
Scarlett Rose

Celica Ayatsuki Mercury (セリカ=A=マーキュリー), sometimes known as the Sister, was the younger sister of Nine the Phantom. She was an excellent user of sorcery, being one of the few people in existence capable of exceptional healing sorcery. After surviving the Dark War, Celica became a nun and looked after Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, and Saya before she was eventually slain by Yuuki Terumi. Kokonoe later materialized a copy of her soul from when she was a young woman.

Celica wielded at different times the Nox Nyctores - Deus Machina: Nirvana and the Ex Machina: Minerva. She made her debut in BlazBlue: Phase 0 before appearing in BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. Celica was made playable in BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend and, as Little Sister, is one of the main protagonists of XBlaze Lost: Memories. She was revealed for BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War on the 10th of June, 2021.

Appearance

Celica's usual attire.

Celica is a young woman with medium-length brown hair she wears in a ponytail and red eyes. She wears a standard Mage's Guild uniform of a white shirt and black cape with gold trim, a red ribbon around her neck, a black and gold skirt, and brown steel-toed shoes.

Celica has an unusually long lifespan due a passive effect from her healing sorcery, and only looks slightly older almost a century later as the Sister. During the time she watched over the remains of the Black Beast, she dressed like a typical nun of the Roman Catholic Church.

As a child, Celica had shorter hair and wore a short pink and white dress with long sleeves and an orange bow around her neck.

Personality

A young lady with a positive personality, who is kind to everyone. Her directional sense is beyond abysmal, and often it takes her several hours to reach a destination a few hundred meters away. She supresses seithr by nature, and holds the "Power of Order" within herself.[3][4]

Sincerely kind to everyone who comes into her path, Celica struggles to find faults in anyone and does her best to appreciate the goodness in individuals. This outwardly trusting attitude has made others adorn her, but there have been times where Celica has landed herself in trouble because of her inability to sense the evil in others.

Family matters a great deal to Celica, and she loves both Nine and Shuichiro with all of her heart. Nine can be overly protective of Celica, leading to the latter developing a slight rebellious streak in order carry out her own will and defy Nine's orders. The two have had conflict in the past, particularly over Ragna and Shuichiro, but Celica will always sing her sister's praises. Celica's relationship with Shuichiro is more complicated - although she loves her father dearly, he does not reciprocate the feelings, having developed the Kushinada's Lynchpin which needed Celica's soul to activate. The one person who means the most to Celica, however, is Ragna. It is strongly implied that she harbors romantic feelings towards him and would do anything for his sake. This has lead to an interesting dynamic between the two.

Celica has a terrible sense of direction. To reach a destination by herself that only lays a few hundred meters away will take her hours; this trait is shared with her sister, Nine. It has been noted multiple times that Celica also holds maps upside-down. In her free time, Celica enjoys going for strolls, but given her sense of direction, these can take hours.

Powers & Techniques

As a former student of the Mage's Guild, Celica is versed in the application of sorcery, magic, and alchemy; although she did not tend to study during her tenure, Celica has an unparalleled natural ability in healing sorcery that outclasses nearly every other mage. This ability allows Celica to heal other's wounds - the worst it has been seen healing is broken limbs.[5] Other than her ability in healing, Celica has some knowledge in the application of combat-based sorcery, such as lightning generation, but she has claimed that the sound produced scares her too much for her to frequently use it.[6] The only other kind of sorcery that Celica seems to excel at is the ability to levitate, and was able to do so across the Atlantic Ocean.

Celica was born with the unique power to nullify the seithr around her. This power is because she is a product of Order, and was born to oppose seithr's power. The only disadvantage that Celica has with this ability is that she cannot use magic nor Ars Magus since both require seithr to activate, and in modern society, she would unintentionally cause massive disruptions in the everyday use of Ars Magus. However, Celica's ability means that she can turn off a cauldron with her mere presence or make someone such as Hazama sick just by standing near him.

In gameplay, Celica's Drive is Minerva, which has Celica use Minerva in battle. Celica's Drive allows for three hits to be done in any combination that will combo into each other will little effort. At the end of this short combo, she can finish with a special move. In Central Fiction, Celica will build a blue health bar on top of her current health whenever she lands a Drive combo, and can opt to "heal", making that blue health into health proper instead of using a special move.

As a current Chrono Phantasma, Celica's abilities are much weaker than they used to be. Her healing is weaker and the radius around herself that nullifies seithr is much smaller. She is destined to die because of the nature of the Chrono Phantasma; the only upside to this status is that she cannot be the target of Observation, and nor can those around her - she is effectively immune to the power of the Amaterasu Unit, but the environment around her, however, is not. Instead of wielding a Nox Nyctores like Nirvana, she now wields Minerva, who acts as both a limiter and amplifier for Celica's seithr nullification power. The two work well together and their complimenting relationship is clearly seen in battle. Despite Celica being a physically frail teenage girl, Minerva functions as a wall between Celica and the opponent, stopping others from being able to harm her mistress.

Relatives

Shuichiro AyatsukiMotherMarceline F. Mercury
Unknown relation
TomonoriJubeiNine the PhantomCelica A. Mercury
KokonoeRagna the Bloodedge
(Fostered)
Jin Kisaragi
(Fostered, later adopted by the Kisaragis. Becomes Hakumen in different timeline)
Saya
(Fostered, merged with Noel, Izanami, and Mu. Identifies as Noel)
Kaka Clan
Created from Jubei's genes
Lambda-11
(Clone of Saya)
Noel Vermillion/Mu-12
(Clone of Saya, adopted by Edgar and Claire Vermillion. Merged with Saya and Izanami)
Nu-13
(Clone of Saya)
SuzukakaTotokakaChachakakaTorakakaTaokakaKaka Kittens
Cali-Kaka, Feisty-Kaka, Fluffy-Kaka, Spotty-Kaka

Official Profiles

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site Profile

A mage who lived during the Dark War, and the little sister of the Six Heroes' Great Mage "Nine." By nature, she excelled at restorative sorcery and innately had an unconscious ability to surpress seithr, so Kokonoe summoned her into the present era as a "Chrono Phantasma." Equipped with an Idea Engine created by that same Kokonoe, the automaton Minerva waits together with Celica for a reunion with Ragna, who challenges his new trial with resolve.[7]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Site Profile

Story

A mage who lived during the Dark War, and the little sister of the Six Heroes' Great Mage "Nine." By nature, she excelled at restorative sorcery and innately had an unconscious ability to surpress seithr, so Kokonoe summoned her into the present era as a "Chrono Phantasma." Awakening in the unfamiliar city of "Kagutsuchi," she wanders with Minerva at her side and searches for one important to her, Ragna.[8]

Personality

A young lady with a positive personality, who is kind to everyone. Her directional sense is beyond abysmal, and often it takes her several hours to reach a destination a few hundred meters away. She supresses seithr by nature, and holds the "Power of Order" within herself.[3][4]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Library Entry

Sister

The person who raised Ragna, Jin and Saya. A gentle yet strict woman.

She's one of the few pure sorcerers who is able to use magic without relying on seithr. She was tasked with protecting the area in which the Black Beast's fragments lay. However, Terumi murders her in cold blood, deciding she would interfere with his plans. [9]

Celica A. Mercury

Someone who doesn't belong in this timeline, a Chrono Phantasma.

With Kushinada's Lynchpin as the key to activation, Kokonoe replicates her soul from the past, and binds it to a vessel in the present. As such, Celica does not show up on the Master Unit's or Takamagahara's records, which makes her 'un-Observable.'

In her normal timeline, she would be attending the Mage's Guild's school. She's Nine's younger sister, one of the Six Heroes. She is unbelievably cheerful, and is optimistic in virtually every situation -- she also never backs down on a point, once she's made up her mind.

She heads to Japan in search of her missing father, and meets Bloodedge along the way, which will end up changing her fate forever.

Since birth, she was adept in the usage of healing magics, which is one of the reasons she is able to suppress the forces of the Boundary. Her ability to nullify seithr is perhaps nature's way of resisting its influence.

Her sense of direction is hopelessly awful, but for some reason she is not aware of this fact. [10]

BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site Profile

(Little) Sister

The younger sister of the genius Mage Me. She wants to help her beloved sister who is always looking after her, so she goes off and does all sorts of things on her own, and in the end usually causes her sister trouble.[11]

Celica A. Mercury

A young woman kind to all, usually optimistic, with a positive personality. From birth, the "Power of Order" that suppresses "seithr" has been housed in her body.[1]

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Official Site Profile

Kind to all; an optimistic and positive young woman. Her sense of direction is less than nonexistent, to the point where, more than once, it's taken her several hours to get to a destination only a few hundred meters away.... She naturally houses within her the "Power of Order," which supresses seithr.

When together with her partner Minerva, the two are powerful without parallel. Start with Celica's healing magic, Armure Sorbet, and her specialty in healing to thoroughly support Minerva and her teammates![12]

Appearances in other Media

  • The mobile game Mabinogi Duel stars Celica as a playable card.

Trivia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site (JP), Celica A. Mercury
  2. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Version 2.0 Character Introduction trailer (9/21/2019)
  3. 3.0 3.1 BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Celica A. Mercury
  4. 4.0 4.1 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), Celica A. Mercury
  5. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Story Mode, Chrono Phantasma, Episode 13: Mad Dog
  6. BlazBlue: Phase Shift 1, Chapter 4 - Doubt of Yellow Equilibrium
  7. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), Celica A. Mercury
  8. BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - Celica A. Mercury
  9. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #054
  10. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #057
  11. BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site (JP), Sister
  12. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Official Site (JP), Celica A. Mercury